Nearby, Thermally Emitting Neutron Stars
We describe a sample of thermally emitting neutron stars discovered in the ROSAT All-Sky Survey. We discuss the basic observational properties of these objects and conclude that they are nearby, middle- aged pulsars with moderate magnetic fields that we see through their cooling radiation. While these objects are potentially very useful as probes of matter at very high densities and magnetic fields, our lack of understanding of their surface emission limits their current utility. We discuss this and other outstanding problems: the spectral evolution of one sources and the relation of this population to the overall pulsar population.
neutron stars pulsars
David L. Kaplan
Pappalardo Fellow, Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research and Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Room 37-664H, Cambridge, MA 02139
国际会议
紧凑型物体的天体物理学国际会议(International Conference on Astrophysics of Compact Objects)
安徽黄山
英文
129-136
2007-07-01（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）